REVIEW OF TADZHIK SSR AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AT REPUBLIC PARTY CONGRESS

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper.
WHERE
PUBLISHED Stalinabad
COUNTRY USSR - Tadzhik SSR
SUBJECT Economic - Agriculture, crops, livestock,
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PUBLISHED 20 Sep 1952
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REVIEW OF TADZHIK SSR AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS
AT REPUBLIC PARTY CCNGRESS
The 19 September 1952 report by B. Gafurov, Secretary, TsK KP(b) of Tad-
zhikistan, to the Eighth Congress of the KP(b) of Tadzhikistan contained the
following information on the progreso of agriculture in the republic:
Tadzhikistan ranks second among USSFArepublics in cotton production. De-
spite the fact that two of the years (1949 anc 1951) since the Seventh Congress,
in December 1948, were most unfavorable for cotton, the cotton growers of the
republic have achieved further expansion of the sown area, and increases in the
yield and gross harvest of xav cotton.
However, it would not be correct to say that in 1949, 1950, and 1953 all
possibilities for increasing the yield. and gross harvest of raw cotton were
utilized. In 1951, 17 rayons failed to fulfill not only their pledges but also
the state plan. The main reasons were poor party supervision of kolkhozes,
7lolation of agrotechniques, and superficial work on the part of rayon party
committees in strengthening the kolkhozes economically and organizationally.
It is still. difficult to estimate the 1952 gross cotton harvest,' bixi., it
can definitely be stated that the crop on the fields will assure fulfi'l.lnent of
the republic's pledge to grow and deliver to the state 80,000 metric tons more
of cotton than in 1951. Actual fulfillment of the pledge now depends oa the
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ability to organize the harvest and delivery of cotton ?c the state, to
khozes of some rayons,t.he harvest and delivery are developing slowly, labor pro-
ductivity is low, and party organizations are not carrying on the necessary
political work, so as to set the necessary harvesting and delivery tempo from
the very first days of the harvest. Fulfillment of the cotton delivery pledge
is now the ma'n task of party organizations in the republic; the task must be
fulfilled at all costs.
In 1952 - 19;3, the area sown to cotton must be increased considerably.
In 1953, a further rise in yield must also be attained.
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During the period since the Seventh Congress, the party organization of the
republic achieved a further increase in collectivized livestock numbers and im-
provement in livestock onality. However, the tasks set for this period were not
fully met: the livestock development plan was not fulfilled by all kolkbozes
and for all types of livestock, nor was the plan for increased livestock produc-
tivity, especially productivity of cows, fulfilled. Low livestock productivity
is due partly to poor quality but primarily to poor care and feeding of live-
stock. Thus far, it has not been possible to overcome the anti-kolkhoz idea
that livestock can be kept in pasture the year round. No shelters are available
for considerable numbers of livestock. Little is done to improve pasture lands.
Grain and oleaginous crop yields have risen in some areas. In the republic
as a whole, however, grain growing cannot be considered satisfactory. Kolkhozes
of some mountain areas in Garmskaya and Kulyabekaya oblasts obtain very low grain
harvests; beside4 much grain is lost in these areas during the harvesting period.
Crop rotation is being introduced very slowly, and supplemental fertilization
and other measures which promote higher yields are performed unsatisfactorily
in the grain-growing areas.
During the last 3 years, the total area devoted to kolkhoz orchards in-
creased 36.3 percent and that planted to vineyards 28.8 percent.
The plan for vegetable planting is not fulfilled year after year. As a
result of poor care, potato harvests are small. Cucurbit yields fall from year
to year.
There are serious shortcomings in the sphere of kolkhoz supervision. Labor
discipline is slack, and there are many kolkhoz workers who do not fulfill the
minimum obligation for workdays. This criticism is particularly true of kolkhozes
in the mountainous areas of the republic.
P_ serious shortcoming is the occurrence of kolkhoz charter violations in
kolkbozes of the republic. Many cases of embezzlement of kolkhoz property have
been discovered; embezzlers are aided by the fact that accounting and accounta-
bility procedures are poorly organized in kolkhozes. An especially great amount of
embezzlement is permitted through failure to record harvests of grain and oleag-
inous crops, vegetables, fruit, and animal products and failure to report the
birth of young livestock.. Investigation has also revealed the presence of
rogues and scoundrels under the guise of supervisory kolkhoz personnel.
It is necessary that all of these shortcomings be corrected and that not
a single lagging or weak kolkhoz ...join in the republic in 1953.
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